Manager, Software Engineering - Java Spring Boot

Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Title and Summary Manager, Software Engineering - Java Spring Boot Who is Mastercard? Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all. Overview Payments Network Technology is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering to lead one or more squads delivering secure, scalable, and highly available payment-network solutions using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, event-driven architecture, and cloud-native engineering practices. Roles and Responsibilities • Lead, coach, and develop one or more software engineering squads. • Own delivery, quality, operational readiness, and production outcomes for Java and Spring Boot services. • Guide the design and implementation of microservices, REST APIs, Kafka-based integrations, and event-driven solutions. • Manage team capacity, hiring, performance development, career planning, and succession. • Partner with product, architecture, quality engineering, operations, and dependent teams to manage priorities, risks, and dependencies. • Drive secure engineering, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, resiliency, and continuous improvement. • Communicate delivery status, technical decisions, risks, and trade-offs to stakeholders. Essential Skills • Hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot development. • Experience with microservices, REST APIs, Kafka or similar messaging platforms, and event-driven architecture. • Knowledge of SQL or NoSQL databases, Git, automated testing, CI/CD, containers, and cloud-native platforms. • Understanding of secure, scalable, resilient, and observable software design. • Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience. All About You • Experience managing one or more software engineering squads. • People-management experience including performance management, conflict resolution, coaching, and career development planning. • Experience working in Agile delivery environments and across the software development lifecycle. • Clear communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills. • Hands-on experience using AI-assisted engineering tools, including GitHub Copilot and Claude CLI, to improve engineering efficiency is required. • Payments or financial-services domain knowledge is preferred. Corporate Security Responsibility All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must: Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices; Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed; Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with